Easily

Definition: Easily

Easily

Adverb

1. With ease; "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; (`easy' is used informally for `easily' as in "success came too easy").

2. Without question; "easily the best book she's written".

3. Indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "I might well do it"; "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster"; "you may well need your umbrella"; "he could equally well be trying to deceive us".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "easily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Easily \Eas"i*ly\, adverb. [From Easy.]. (references)

Synonyms: Easily

Credulity

Adjective: credulous, gullible; easily deceived; simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; over-credulous, over confident, over trustful; infatuated,Adjective: credulous, gullible; easily deceived; simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; over-credulous, over confident, over trustful; infatuated, superstitious; confiding; (believing).

Difficulty

Adjective: difficult, not easy, hard, tough; troublesome, toilsome, irksome; operose, laborious, onerous, arduous, Herculean, formidable; sooner said than done; more easily said than done, easier said than done.

Excitability

Laisser faire, laisser aller; take things easily, take things as they come; take it easy, rub on, live and let live; take easily, take cooly, take in good part; aequam servare mentem.

Adjective: excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state; high-strung; irritable; (irascible); impatient, intolerant.

Facility

Adverb: easily; Adjective: readily, smoothly, swimmingly, on easy terms, single-handed.

Adjective: easy, facile; feasible; (practicable); easily managed, easily accomplished; within reach, accessible, easy of access, for the million, open to.

Forgiveness

Verb: forgive, forgive and forget; pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands; forget an injury. excuse, pass over, overlook; wink at; (neglect); bear with; allow for, make allowances for; let one down easily, not be too hard upon, pocket the affront.

Intelligibility

Easily understood, easy to understand, for the million, intelligible to the meanest capacity, popularized.

Willingness

Docile; persuadable, persuasible; suasible, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going; tractable; (pliant); genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty; content; (assenting).

Crosswords: Easily

We women give you life, but we can take it away just as easily. (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

But the hearts of Men are easily corrupted, and a Ring of Power has a will of its own. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

I've already had someone created in my image. He's evil, he wants to take over the world, and he fits easily into most overhead storage bins (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Sin can be caught as easily as the plague (The Devils; writing credit: Aldous Huxley; Ken Russell)

So easily (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Came so easily (It's No Crime; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons)

Yes the cradle of love don't rock easily It's true (CRADLE OF LOVE; performing artist: Billy Idol)

But easily you might just go away (Sentimental Lady; performing artist: BOB WELCH; writing credit: Bob Welch)

Jesse, I can easily change my mind about you (JESSE; performing artist: Carly Simon)

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. (references; author: unknown)

It is easy to have a balanced personality: Just forget your troubles as easily as you do your blessings. (references; author: unknown)

Sneak Easily (1932)

Speak Easily (1932)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Home Networking Visual Jumpstart: Leap Quickly and Easily Into the World of Home Networking (reference)

• How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own (reference)

• The "Next Stage" Guitar Book - Learn How To Play Scale Patterns & Tabs Easily & Quickly! (reference)

• The Lead Generation Handbook: How to Generate All the Sales Leads You'll Ever Need-Quickly, Easily, and Inexpensively (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Speak Easily (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Easily Suede (reference)

• Scripture Songs IV: Easily Memorize Powerful Bible Passages (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Mute swans in flight. Mute swans are an agressive invasive species. There are now over 3,000 mute swans in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. They are easily distinguished from the tundra swan by their orange beaks. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, is easily confused with the alligator snapping turtle. Considered ill-tempered, they feed on invertebrates, fish, reptiles, carrion, etc. and a surprising amount of vegetation. These turtles trapped in the fresh and brackish waters of bay tributaries and sold to restaurants for use in soups and stews. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The completed fish pools, this image clearly shows how easily fish can now navigate the creek. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Key Island, a barrier island, was infested with Australian pine trees, an invasive non-native plant that resul ted in significant loss of biodiversity of native plant communities. Salt-toler ant, they have shallow root systems that cause them to topple easily in high win ds, creating obstacles for Atlantic loggerhead turtles trying to nest on beach. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Figure 6. A tide meter or scale which was easily placed in areas where water level and observations of its changes were desired. Apparently this type of instrument was first used in the United States. One could make as observations during the day as required. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Leprosy or Hansen's Disease cannot be easily caught from someone else : You can lead a normal life. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Tuberculosis Is Easily [more] Infectious Than Leprosy. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Not easily mesmerized. Credit: Library of Congress.

Help nonsense! If it gets too deep, you can easily pull me in. Credit: Library of Congress.

Distillate from turpentine still separates into two layers of water and spirits of turpentine which are easily removed from one another, State Line, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

People are not so easily got out of their old forms, as some are apt to suggest. (Second Treatise of Government)

He becomes an appendage of the machine, and it is only the most simple, most monotonous, and most easily acquired knack, that is required of him. (reference)

The fear of them alone might easily have been used to enforce totalitarian systems upon the free democratic world, with consequences appalling to human imagination. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is such a pretty charade, my dear, that I can easily guess what fairy brought it.

Lightly and swiftly they skimmed over the ground, and I could not in the least understand how it was I kept up with them so easily.

Whatever Zaphod's qualities of mind might include - dash, bravado, conceit - he was mechanically inept and could easily blow the ship up with an extravagant gesture

Born a Provencal, he had easily made himself familiar with all the patois of the south

The grave and cordial voice went on easily with its tale, and in the pauses Stephen felt bound to set it on again with respectful questions

She breathed easily in her sleep, and her lips were parted over her teeth

He could easily conceive that a Houyhnhnm grew weak and heavy a few days before his death, or by some accident might hurt a limb

We easily come to doubt if they exist

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

This can be treated easily. (references)

Bones weaken and break easily. (references)

One moment the patient can move easily. (references)

Business

The French market is easily accessible to foreign products. (references)

Today, however, it is now more easily accessible and affordable. (references)

Catalogues and technical specifications are easily accessed (French). (references)

Children

Netherlands

For example, public buildings and public transport often are not easily accessible. (references)

Congo

There were indigent street children in Brazzaville, and their numbers appear to be growing as a result of civil conflict since 1997. In addition children from the DRC easily cross the river by stowing away on the ferry, which crosses several times per day, to seek improved living conditions. (references)

Greece

During the year, the Ministry of Education reported that the illiteracy rate was dropping among Roma children: The school enrollment rate of Romani children increased by 17 percent, and the dropout rate decreased to 75 percent as a consequence of an identity card system, set up by the Ministry, which allows students to change schools more easily as their parents move. (references)

Civil Liberties

Libya

According to numerous anecdotal reports, both are accessed easily in Tripoli. (references)

China

Business travelers who wish to go abroad can obtain passports relatively easily. (references)

Palau

The Internet is easily accessible; the Government does not control or limit its use. (references)

Economic History

Laos

Buddhism and spirit worship coexist easily. (references)

Ireland

Foreign exchange is easily obtainable at market rates. (references)

Argentina

Such interests can be easily and effectively registered. (references)

Human Rights

Gabon

As part of criminal investigations, police may request search warrants from judges, which they obtain easily, sometimes after the fact. (references)

Trinidad and Tobago

Diseases such as chicken pox, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and viruses spread easily, and prisoners sometimes must purchase their own medication. (references)

Peru

Former President Fujimori's reliance on provisional and temporary judges had enabled the executive branch to influence cases and to more easily control the judicial branch. (references)

Minorities

Mauritius

An individual's name easily identifies his or her ethnic and religious background. (references)

Kuwait

However, bidoon have difficulty obtaining visas to travel abroad on these passports, as they easily are detected as fraudulent, and they may have difficulty renewing these passports when they expire. (references)

Political Economy

Botswana

Although the BDP easily won the last general elections, it too faces internal challenges. (references)

Trade

Uae

Agents and distributors cannot be easily replaced without their agreement. (references)

Taiwan

Private investment projects can easily be financed through banks on the island. (references)

Switzerland

Almost all fairgrounds have a customs office on site and charges can be easily handled. (references)

Travel

Cape Verde

Exchanges are more easily made at financial institutions. (references)

Spain

Taxis are easily available at major cities all over Spain. (references)

Russia

Most foreigners are easily identifiable on Russian streets. (references)

Women

Jordan

Men are able to divorce their spouses more easily than women. (references)

Lebanon

Although Muslim men may divorce easily, Muslim women may do so only with the concurrence of their husbands. (references)

Dominican Republic

Divorce is easily obtainable by either spouse, and women can hold property in their own names apart from their husbands. (references)

Worker Rights

Morocco

Any group of eight workers may organize a union and a worker may change union affiliation easily. (references)

Guinea-Bissau

In view of the high unemployment rate, a worker who left for such reasons could be replaced easily. (references)

Yemen

Many school-aged children work instead of attending school, particularly in areas in which schools are not easily accessible. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "easily": be easily angered ♦ Bruises easily ♦ earn easily ♦ easily and quickly ♦ easily comprehensible ♦ easily digested ♦ easily digestible ♦ easily offended ♦ easily startled ♦ easily understand ♦ easily understandable ♦ easily understood ♦ easily used available water ♦ he does not forget things easily ♦ it tears easily ♦ let one down easily ♦ more easily ♦ more easily said than done ♦ not easily marketable ♦ peel easily ♦ spread easily ♦ Startled easily ♦ win easily. Additional references.

Beginning with "easily": easily-accessible, easily-available, easily-bored, easily-bought, easily-bred, easily-broken, easily-controlled, easily-deciphered, easily-defined, easily-delivered, easily-developed, easily-digestible, easily-discernible, easily-disguised, easily-drinkable, easily-earned, easily-found, easily-handled, easily-identifiable, easily-led, easily-maintained, easily-managed, easily-measured, easily-obtained, easily-penetrated, easily-reached, easily-read, easily-recognised, easily-recognizable, easily-remedied, easily-targeted, easily-understood, easily-worked.

Ending with "easily": all-too-easily, less-easily, most-easily.

Albanian

pa vështirësi (readily), lirshëm (fluently, freely, loosely), lehtësisht, lehtë (airily, easy, facile, faintly, light, lightly, readily, slightly), kollaj. (various references)

Arabic 

‏من غير ريب (absolutely, alright, assuredly, decidedly, distinctly, of course, really, sure, surely, verily), ‏بكل سهولة, ‏بسهولة (facilely, in a velvet glove, readily), ‏بانطلا ق (in full swing, with ease). (various references)

Bulgarian 

лесно (cheap, cheaply, easy, facilely, readily, simply), безспорно (doubtless, undoubtedly, with a vengeance). (various references)

Chinese 

輕易 (lightly, rashly), 容易地. (various references)

Czech

snadno (readily), nepochybnì (certainly, doubtless, undoubtedly, without doubt), lehce (gently, lightly, with ease), jistì (assuredly, certainly, definitely, for certain, of course, sure, surely, verily). (various references)

Danish

efter intratracheal instillation hos katte har man konstateret,at ogsaa tungtoploeselige blyforbindelser kan resorberes i lungerne (after intratracheal instillation with cats, it was noticed that even lead compounds which are not easily soluble can be reabsorbed in the lung), et udmattelsebrud har vanskeligt ved at forplante sig, naar brudfladerne presses sammen under en trykspaending (fatigue fracture cannot spread easily if the walls of the crack are pressed together by a compressive stress), let tilgængeligt værdipapir (easily accessible asset), dampen blander sig let med luft,eksplosive blandinger dannes nemt (explosive mixtures are easily formed, the vapour mixes well with air), faerdselssoem med refleks er en meget let kendelig afmaerkning,der dog isaer er effektiv om natten (more particularly at night, reflecting/reflective/(road)studs/cat's-eyes/ are markings which are easily visible), gasarter blander sig let med luft,eksplosive blandinger dannes nemt (explosive mixtures are easily formed, the gas mixes well with air), hvis der er lag med forskellig permeabilitet,som forbinder injektions-og frafoerselsboringer,vil injiceret vand lettere traenge ind i de mere permeable zoner med tidligere gennembrud (if there are strata of different permeabilities which are continuous between injection and ofgftake wells, injected water will more easily enter the more permeable sections with earlier breakthrough), biologisk aktivt bly udveksles lettere med det i vaevet tilstedevaerende bly (biologically active lead is more easily exchanged with lead present in tissue), jorden afgiver med lethed vandet,veldraenet jord (the soil allows water to pass through easily, the soil is porous), vippetrug af galvaniseret plade kan let indbygges i bokse af staalgitter eller staalrammer (basculating troughs can easily be incorporated into boxes of steel trellis or steel frames), lettilgængeligt vand (easily used available water), svaert omsaettelig (not easily marketable), toermaelk egner sig godt til spektrometrisk analyse og foraskes let (powdered milk lends itself well to spectrometric analysis and is easily ashed), ukurant (not easily marketable), ved sidevaerts losning vil kulblokke fra brydningsrummets transportoer uhindret kunne overfoeres til galleritransportoeren og derved transporteres til knusningen i galleriet (the use of the side discharge system means that lumps can be more easily moved from the face conveyor on the gate conveyor and can reach the roadway crusher without difficulty), i store vaeksthuse lader klimaet sig let regulere (the air and temperature can be easily controlled in large greenhouses). (various references)

Dutch

met gemak, allicht (probably). (various references)

Esperanto

facile. (various references)

Farsi 

به اسانی . (various references)

Finnish

vaivattomasti (without trouble), kätevästi (deftly), hevillä (readily), helposti (readily, without difficulty). (various references)

French

facilement. (various references)

German

leicht (easy, effortless, effortlessly, facile, facilely, gentle, gossamerly, light, lighthearted, lightly, lightweight, loose, lower-level, mild, mildly, minor, nimbly, petty, readily, simple, slight, slightly, smooth, softly, sprightly, thinly, unsubstantial), sicher (assured, assuredly, blue chip, certain, certainly, certainty, confident, definite, fast, immune, of course, prof, proof, reliable, safe, safely, secure, securely, stable, steady, sure, surfeited, unendangered, unharmful, unmistaken), bei weitem (by far, greatly). (various references)

Greek 

εύκολα. (various references)

Hebrew 

בקלות (facilely, with ease). (various references)

Hungarian

könnyen (biddable, easy, effortlessly, evanescent, gullible, light, lightly, pliableness, pliancy, queasy, readily, skittish, to prick, to trip, tractable, with ease). (various references)

Indonesian

getas (brittle, crisp, distinct, fragile), dengan mudah (readily). (various references)

Italian

facilmente (easy, light, unlabored). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

直ぐ (immediately, right near, soon). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ころりと (effortlessly, suddenly, utterly), てもなく, やみやみ (without one's knowledge), やすやすと (cheaply), ゆうに (skillfully, sufficiently, well), らくらく (comfortably), わけなく (without difficulty), ちょっと (a short time, a while, just a little, just a minute, rather, readily, somewhat), あっさり (quickly, readily), すぐ (honest, immediately, right, soon, upright), かるがる (lightly), かるがると, ひとたまりもなく (helplessly, irresistibly), くもなく (without effort), なんなく, なかなか (by no means, considerably, fairly, highly, quite, rather, readily, very), わけない (easy). (various references)

Korean 

쉽게. (various references)

Manx

dy aashagh (easy). (various references)

Papiamen

fásilmente. (various references)

Pig Latin

easilyay.(various references)

Polish

łatwo. (various references)

Portuguese

facilmente (cose, easy, lightly, readily, swimmingly, with ease). (various references)

Romanian

uşor (downhill, easy, facile, fluffy, gauzy, gentle, glib, gossamer, jamb, lax, light, light of foot, lightly, lightsome, rate, readily, ready, running, simple, slight, small, soft, superficial, swimmingly, thin, with a wet finger). (various references)

Russian 

легко (airily, at an easy rate, cheaply, facilely, in a hurry, light, lightly, readily, with ease, without effort). (various references)

Scottish

saor (a carpenter, carpenter, cheap, cheapen, deliver, frank, free, gratuitous, redeem, rescue, save, set at liberty, unrestrained, wright). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

verovatno (belike, likely, presumably, probably), olako (lightly), lako (airily, easy, facilely, light, lightly, trippingly). (various references)

Slovene

lahko (easy). (various references)

Spanish

fácilmente (easy, effortlessly, facilely, readily, smoothly, with ease). (various references)

Swedish

med lätthet (hands down). (various references)

Thai

อย่างแท้จริง (indeed, literally, simply, sincerely), อย่างน้อย, อย่างสะดวก. (various references)

Turkish

rahatça (with ease), muhtemelen (likely, perhaps, presumably, presumedly, probably), kolaylıkla (with ease), kolayca (easy as winking, facilely, hands down, light, lightly, readily, smoothly, swimmingly, well, with ease), şüphesiz (beyond doubt, by all means, certain, certainly, clearly, decided, decidedly, definite, doubtless, indubitable, no doubt, of course, sure, sure as death, undisputed, undoubted, unquestioned, without doubt, without fail). (various references)

Ukrainian

вільно (at ease, broad, easy, fluently, free, freely, loose, loosely, naturally), охоче (gladly, heartily, readily, soon, willingly), неквапливо (deliberately, easy, leisurely, unhurriedly), легко (airily, aptly, currently, easy, light, nimbly, readily, volubly, with ease), безсумнівно (beyond doubt, beyond question, certainly, clearly, decidedly, decisively, doubtless, far and away, no doubt, out of dispute, out of doubt, questionless, surely, undoubtedly, without doubt, without question). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ung dung dễ (easy), thoải mái (airily, airy, comfortable, easy, finger, off-hand, off-handed), thanh thản (easeful, easy, quietly), không lo lắng; thanh thoát (easy), cứ yên trí!, cứ bình tĩnh!. (various references)

Welsh

anhygof (immemorial, not easily remembered). (various references)

facile. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "easily": greasily, queasily, uneasily. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Easily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: casily, Desailly, Eagil, easal, easly, easyly, Eiseley, Ejazul, Ersly, Esally, esil, esili, Eusmilia, measily, raspily, Wassily, weaselly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aisle, lyase.

-2 letters: ails, ales, ayes, easy, eyas, ilea, isle, lase, lays, leas, leis, leys, lies, lyes, lyse, sail, sale, seal, sial, slay, syli, yeas.

-3 letters: ail, ais, ale, als, aye, ays, els, las, lay, lea, lei, ley, lie, lis, lye, sae, sal, say, sea, sei, sel, sly, yea, yes.

-4 letters: ae, ai, al.

+1 letter: baileys, dialyse, elysian, paisley.

+2 letters: aisleway, biasedly, bilayers, clayiest, dayflies, dialysed, dialyser, dialyses, dialyzes, dyslexia, ecdysial, feasibly, greasily, hyalines, hyalites, inlayers, insanely, kielbasy, lehayims, lifeways, mayflies, mesially, mislayer, paisleys, queasily, saliency, serially, sizeably, sleazily, slideway, sneakily, steadily, steamily, sweatily, taleysim, uneasily, vilayets, virelays, yealings, yearlies, yeastily.

+3 letters: abusively, advisedly, aimlessly, aisleways, alchymies, aphyllies, asininely, beamishly, bearishly, bestially, biacetyls, daylilies, desirably, diacetyls, dialysate, dialysers, dialyzers, displayed, dyslexias, estimably, evasively, fayalites, fireclays, hairstyle, hayfields, interlays, isohyetal, layerings, lechayims, loyalties, lyonnaise, massively, miserably, mislayers, misplayed, passively, playtimes, redisplay, royalties, saliently, sapiently, searingly, seminally, seriately, sexuality, slideways, sluiceway, specially, specialty, suasively, sylvanite, teasingly, valkyries, walkyries, yeanlings, yearlings.